Reviews by darkstarripclaw

Reader PC

Papers, Please review

Papers, Please is mercilessly satirical with its subject matter, taking place in a fictional backdrop of Second-world countries. Some of it is blatant, with the various propagandising, to the more insidious. As a Customs Inspector, you are…

darkstarripclaw · October 11, 2013

Reader 3DS

Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure review

While Rhythm Thief is an obvious collection of musical mini-games, the game is also part point-and-click. While going around Paris, you get treated to a decent bit of recent French history, some of it coming into play as the game's story…

darkstarripclaw · October 5, 2013

Reader Game Boy

Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure review

The game dumps you off in a small room, expecting you to travel through several rooms in many different possible paths until you find an elevator or teleporter that takes you to the next level. The game takes an isometric perspective, with…

darkstarripclaw · July 8, 2013

Reader Game Boy

Heavyweight Championship Boxing review

Heavyweight Championship Boxing was the first boxing game on a Nintendo handheld. With no real predecessor to look at, developers TOSE were required to design the game interface and hope their vision did not flop on arrival. Heavyweight…

darkstarripclaw · July 5, 2013

Reader 3DS

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy review

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy is a conventional plane game with straight-up aerial dogfights, taking place on Earth with a fictional alternate history, with a NATO-like organisation fighting to reclaim a member country usurped in a…

darkstarripclaw · October 27, 2012

Reader 3DS

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir review

As a tech demo, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir is an excellent piece of programming, making extensive use of three of the Nintendo 3DS’s internal features: gyroscope, camera, and 3D. Too bad Nintendo did not price it like a tech demo…

darkstarripclaw · September 29, 2012

Reader 3DS

Centipede: Infestation review

Centipede: Infestation could best be described more as a reimagination than a bastardisation of the Centipede franchise. While only superficially resembling the classic arcade game, Infestation does borrow heavily from other arcade games…

darkstarripclaw · September 8, 2012

Reader DS

SBK: Snowboard Kids review

In our modern society today, life has become too urbanised: you get up in the morning in the inner city or suburb, ready yourself with a breakfast and a shower, and then commute for upwards of an hour or higher so you can continue your…

darkstarripclaw · April 17, 2010

Reader DS

Lock's Quest review

One normally would not equate being an engineer or an architech with having a 'fun, eventful career'. While both certainly make lots of money and still do field work, they also tend to be fairly droll overall, consisting mostly of…

darkstarripclaw · April 8, 2010

Reader DS

Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans review

Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans is a funny game - at a time when Toei Animation has begun broadcasting Dragon Ball Kai, a remastered version of Dragon Ball Z with the number of episodes cut down from 29 to approximately 100, Attack of…

darkstarripclaw · February 25, 2010

Reader DS

Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 review

“House”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, and “Scrubs” – name any popular show that has to do with the medical field (ignoring Dr. Phil), and chances are it is made up of two-thirds drama and one-third actual medicalspeak . As such, with Atlus’ 2005…

darkstarripclaw · July 26, 2008

Reader DS

Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles review

While the PC will always be rightfully known as the king of visual novels, the Nintendo DS began to makes its presence in the genre known with the 2005 release of Trace Memory and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, released only 15 days apart…

darkstarripclaw · June 28, 2008

Reader DS

Prism: Light the Way review

If you have ever taken any physics course, then at some point in time, you may have glossed over the behaviour of light. One point that stays clear is that on a flat, reflective surface, the angle that the light bounces off of is the same…

darkstarripclaw · May 10, 2008

Reader NES

Silver Eagle review

Silver Eagle is an odd game to describe. Perhaps the best retro comparison that can be made is with Quintet’s Actraiser. Silver Eagle is not a 2D-Platformer combined with town-building simulator, but it is similar in the sense that it…

darkstarripclaw · February 26, 2008

Reader DS

Naruto: Path of the Ninja review

If you are not a Naruto fan, allow me to explain some of the premise behind it: a young hyperactive ninja named Naruto Uzumaki wants to claim the title of Hokage, which would make him the greatest ninja in his village of Konohogakure. In…

darkstarripclaw · December 19, 2007

Reader NES

Twin Eagle review

In the early 1980s, the home console industry would fall apart (especially fueled by the bombing of Atari's E.T.), creating a lull in the gaming niche. This would pave the way for a re-emerging arcade dominance, especially as at the time…

darkstarripclaw · August 2, 2007